title: Treatment of mandibular fractures by external fixation.
abstract: This series encompasses thirteen fractures of the mandible treated by external fixation. The indications were five fractures of edentulous mandible, four fractures through missile wounding, and four fractures without soft tissue lesion treated in Africa. Twelve patients were found to show good or excellent results. In our indications, this method is a successful approach to the treatment of the fractured jaw.
authors.affiliation: Hôpital Erasme, Department of Orthopedics and Traumatology, Bruxelles, Belgium.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Zorman
authors.forename: P A
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Godart
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Kovacs
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Andrianne
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Daelemans
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Burny
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D005592:Fracture Fixation / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008337:Mandibular Fractures / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D008875:Middle Aged; D009984:Orthopedic Fixation Devices; D011859:Radiography; D014948:Wounds, Gunshot / Q000601:surgery